However, Poulter believes having Olazabal as team captain will be hugely beneficial for the team.

"Olly is going to be an incredible captain, someone who is inspirational," he stated.

"He said the right things at the right time as a vice-captain [in 2008 and 2010] and he's going to do an incredible job and say the right thing at the right time this time around.

"Jose has such an incredible Ryder Cup record with [fellow Spaniard] Seve [Ballesteros] and obviously Seve's not going to be there so it's going to be an emotional rollercoaster for him, but I think the players will rally up and do the best they can."